WF, 10/1/2020 | Wee Friends Early Childhood Program LLC

Happy Thursday and Happy October!

Yesterday in K group, friends were able to put a greater than, less than, or equal to sign between two numbers. Today, we did the opposite! We started with one of the three signs and for each child, I picked one number. They had to come up with another number to make the equation true! For example, I gave Z the number 8 and she had to tell me a number that was smaller than 8: she gave me 2! Then, she read the equation, “Eight is greater than two!”

We’re also continuing to fill out our charts where we discuss characters, setting, and events that occur within the story that we read that day.

Today, we read one of my favorite stories: The Giving Tree. At the end of the story, Z phrased her takeaway from the story beautifully: “The tree just kept giving her things to the boy to make him happy. All the tree wanted was for the boy to be happy.”

K.RL.2.3: Identify important elements of the text (e.g., characters, settings, or events).

K.NS.7: Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group.

In PREK2, children used spiders as a manipulative when referring to the term ‘equal to’. Miss Kim had a jar of 20 spiders. She gave the four group members each a spider and they quickly noticed that they had the same number of spiders. Miss Kim kept giving each friend one spider, resulting in four equal groups of spiders!

Our morning involved a ton of hands on activities: sensory bin, painting our clay creations, and workbench for a few of our older friends!

It was the perfect fall morning. A little chilly but thankfully the sun came out later in the morning! Children occupied the art table while other older peers got some energy out by wrestling—rules were set to make sure that everyone stayed safe!